#281A1C#281A1C

#281A1C is a very dark, muted red. Relative luminance 0.013; OKLCH L 23.6% C 0.023 H 9.5°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 16.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#281A1C
RGB	rgb(40, 26, 28)
HSL	hsl(351, 21%, 13%)
HSV	hsv(351, 35%, 16%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 35%, 30%, 84.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(11.09, 7.35, 1.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(11.09, 7.48, 10.62°)
OKLab	oklab(23.64% 0.0223 0.0037)
OKLCH	oklch(23.64% 0.023 9.5)
XYZ	xyz(1.4541, 1.2738, 1.2677)
Luminance	0.0127 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#281A1C #1A2826

analogous

#281A23 #281A1C #281F1A

triadic

#281A1C #1C281A #1A1C28

tetradic

#281A1C #23281A #1A2826 #1F1A28

square

#281A1C #23281A #1A2826 #1F1A28

split-complementary

#281A1C #1A281F #1A2328

monochromatic

#130C0D #130C0D #281A1C #4D3236 #724A50

Accessibility & contrast

On white

16.74

#281A1C on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.25

#281A1C on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #281A1C

16.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##281A1C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##281A1C	1.00	16.74	1.25	16.74
#FFFFFF	16.74	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.25	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	16.74	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#1C1C1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#1F1F1C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#2B191B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#1E1E1E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #281a1c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(40, 26, 28);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(23.6% 0.023 9.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#625657',
    500: '#281a1c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #281a1c;
$custom-light: #625657;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#281a1c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 40,
    "g": 26,
    "b": 28
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 351.429,
    "s": 21.212,
    "l": 12.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.23636,
    "c": 0.02259,
    "h": 9.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.01274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#281A1C

secondary

#435B57

accent

#BEB26A

background

#F5F5F5

surface

#EAE9E9

border

#C6C5C5

text

#050303

muted

#797878

Preview Lab

Preview with #281A1C

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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